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Pillsbury - PFAS Observer

EPA Finalizes Rule Designating PFAS Substances as Hazardous Constituents Under CERCLA

On April 19, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its long-awaited rule designating two PFAS compounds, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), as “hazardous substances”...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

EPA Designates PFAS as Hazardous Substances; EPA Is More Confident Than I Am that the Sky Isn't Fall

Last Friday, EPA formally designated perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) – including their salts and structural isomers! – as hazardous substances under CERCLA. I cannot really quarrel with...more

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EPA Designates PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA Hazardous Substances

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On April 19, 2024, EPA announced its highly anticipated final rule designating two polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS")—perfluorooctanoic acid ("PFOA") and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid ("PFOS")—as "hazardous substances" under...more

Nossaman LLP

EPA Designates Two PFAS as Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA | Part I: Impacts on Potentially Responsible Parties

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On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), two of the most common and well-known per- and...more

Stinson LLP

EPA Finalizes Groundbreaking Rule to Regulate Two PFAS under CERCLA

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On Friday, April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a pre-publication version of its Final Rule (the Rule) designating two widely used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) –...more

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EPA Poised to Expand Federal Superfund to Include Key PFAS

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On April 12, 2024, two days after EPA issued a final rule setting standards for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in public drinking water, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) concluded its...more

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CERCLA/Superfund Section 103 Continuous Release Reports: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Technical Amendment

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a final rule in the November 12th Federal Register making a technical amendment related to Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability...more

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EPA Says No Risk from CERCLA Financial Assurance Exemptions for Three Named Industries

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EPA has promulgated a final rule declining to impose final assurance requirements on the electric power, petroleum and coal manufacturing, and chemical manufacturing industries to clean up spills of hazardous substances. ...more

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National Priority List/Superfund: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Listing...

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (“Court”) addressed in a November 13th decision a challenge to a United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) decision regarding a Comprehensive...more

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EPA Eases Path to Superfund Listing: Vapor Intrusion Component Added to the Hazardous Ranking System

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Seyfarth Synopsis: With the EPA adding the consideration of vapor intrusion in its Superfund site investigations, hundreds of sites that previously would not rank high enough to qualify for listing on the National Priorities...more

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